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| ===== Arella, Lady of the Areya ===== | ===== Arella, Lady of the Areya ===== |
| Arella is known as the goddess of the transitional twilight, said to contain in her essence both the everlasting wisdom of the fading light and the ethereal voices of the rising darkness. Her clarity of both judgment and truth as given by the light allows her to peer through the various distortions of the darkness to see the ending, the time where the darkness has fallen and only the light remains as the clear day is brought about once more. These distortions carry the fragmented pieces of the life given by the light, the only evidence of their former existence being the ghostly echoes of an era long since passed as they had become divided and scattered within the chaos of darkness. Arella is also associated with dreams and mysticism, being considered the mother of the Areya as they are born from her, the Areya oftentimes appearing in the dreams of mortals to guide them and the Areya also being an instrument of the mystics of mortal kind. It is through Arella that light is brought to this darkness as it penetrates into it, purifying it through Arella’s message of expiation.\\ | Arella is known as the goddess of the transitional twilight, said to contain in her essence both the everlasting wisdom of the fading light and the ethereal voices of the rising darkness. Her clarity of both judgment and truth as given by the light allows her to peer through the various distortions of the darkness to see the ending, the time where the darkness has fallen and only the light remains as the clear day is brought about once more. These distortions carry the fragmented pieces of the life given by the light, the only evidence of their former existence being the ghostly echoes of an era long since passed as they had become divided and scattered within the chaos of darkness. Arella is also associated with dreams and mysticism, being considered the mother of the [[pantheons:class:areya|Areya]] as they are born from her, the Areya oftentimes appearing in the dreams of mortals to guide them and the Areya also being an instrument of the mystics of mortal kind. It is through Arella that light is brought to this darkness as it penetrates into it, purifying it through Arella’s message of expiation.\\ |
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| The [[races:humans:ethrekasan:ethetia:start|Ethetia]] of [[planes:aurius:ethrekas|Ethrekas]] acknowledged Arella in her previous form, Venefica, who was a goddess composed of a pure darkness that possessed lordship of familiars that could be called forth. Thus, she was identified as one of the [[pantheons:class:avetad|Avetad]], and, as a result, worship of the being at this stage was found to be sacrilege against the true gods, the [[pantheons:class:elohad|Elohad]]. Nonetheless, she managed to find her way into dreams and the dreamlike mirages experienced by people, and often caused nightmares of an insidious nature as their presence degraded their sanity. Thus, her corruption could be seen, and she was feared as a powerful being who had the potential to kill them slowly.\\ | The [[races:humans:ethrekasan:ethetia:start|Ethetia]] of [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:start|Ethrekas]] acknowledged Arella in her previous form, Venefica, who was a goddess composed of a pure darkness that possessed lordship of familiars that could be called forth. Thus, she was identified as one of the [[pantheons:class:avetad|Avetad]], and, as a result, worship of the being at this stage was found to be sacrilege against the true gods, the [[pantheons:class:elohad|Elohad]]. Nonetheless, she managed to find her way into dreams and the dreamlike mirages experienced by people, and often caused nightmares of an insidious nature as their presence degraded their sanity. Thus, her corruption could be seen, and she was feared as a powerful being who had the potential to kill them slowly.\\ |
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| Throughout the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:countries:grecydan empire|Grecydan Empire]], worship of Arella is outlawed as she is not considered to be one of the Elohad despite the purification ritual that she is thought to have undergone in order to become a different kind of being than was previous. However, many of the western coast worship Arella discreetly, as they have an affinity for female goddesses as a subculture that prizes their feminine attributes over those strictures of the Grecydan Empire. These individuals who belong to that culture believe Arella to be the mother of the Areya, spirits that can take on many forms but still possess the wings of benevolence that Arella also possesses.\\ | Throughout the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:countries:grecydan empire|Grecydan Empire]], worship of Arella is outlawed as she is not considered to be one of the Elohad despite the purification ritual that she is thought to have undergone in order to become a different kind of being than was previous. However, many of the western coast worship Arella discreetly, as they have an affinity for female goddesses as a subculture that prizes their feminine attributes over those strictures of the Grecydan Empire. These individuals who belong to that culture believe Arella to be the mother of the Areya, spirits that can take on many forms but still possess the wings of benevolence that Arella also possesses.\\ |